Filed April 17, 2007
Nebraska Court of Appeals
SUMMARY: Termination of an incarcerated parent’s rights was in the best interests of the children because the incarceration prevented the parent from providing a “nurturing and structured environment,” and the parent’s continual perpetuation of crimes cast doubt on his ability to make the permanent changes required for adequate parenting.
Two [...]
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In re Interest of Marcus K and Justin K
In re Interest of Amanda W.
Filed on November 14th 2006
Nebraska Court of AppealsA-06-616
Termination of a mother’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest because the mother failed to meet case plan requirements, and the child had formed a positive relationship with a foster family willing to adopt. Further, signed reports prepared by caseworkers were acceptable and fundamentally fair [...]
In re Interest of Deztiny C.
Filed on November 14, 2006
15 Neb. App. 179, 723 N.W.2d 652
SUMMARY: The court found that the father’s “failure to intervene, when he was provided with substandard information, [did] not constitute abandonment,” and that the father’s use of the “automatic withdrawal payment process for child support” was not “a token effort, nor [did] it someone negatively [...]
In re Interest of Fedalina G.
Filed on September 22, 2006
272 Neb. 314, 721 N.W.2d 638
SUMMARY: A timely appeal of an order terminating parental rights may be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis when the motion is accompanied by a poverty affidavit that has been” properly made and authenticated, out of state before a person authorized to administer oaths in the [...]
In re Interest of Stephanie G.
Filed on August 29, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-194
SUMMARY: Even though the mother was “not at fault for her present situation and that she very much desire[d] [her daughter’s] return” the court recognized that “when a parent is unable or unwilling to rehabilitate himself or herself within a reasonable time, the [...]
In re Interest of Jesse B. & Gracie B.
Filed on August 22, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-127
SUMMARY: The court upheld the juvenile court’s order terminating a father’s parental rights to both children where the child who suffered the alleged abuse was under the father’s care when the alleged abuse occurred. The injuries were of a type that would not [...]
In re Interest of Walter W.
Filed on July 11, 2006
14 Neb. App. 891, 719 N.W.2d 304
SUMMARY: “The stated purposes of the ICWA are best served by allowing parents to raise, in their direct appeal from a termination of parental rights, the issue of the State’s failure to notify the child’s Indian tribe of the termination of parental rights proceedings as [...]
In re Interest of Eden K. & Allison L.
Filed on July 3, 2006
14 Neb. App. 867, 717 N.W.2d 507
SUMMARY: The court reversed the juvenile court’s termination order finding that termination was not in the children’s best interests. The court found that “the State almost completely failed to provide the juvenile courts with testimony from many of the people whose opinions and observations [...]
In re Interest of Malik B.
Filed on June 27, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-06-077
SUMMARY: “When proceeding solely under § 43-292(7),” which requires that the child has been in out-of-home placement for 15 of the most recent 22 months, “the appellate court must be particularly diligent in its de novo review of whether termination is in the [...]
In re Interest of Raymond G., et al.
Filed on June 27, 2006
Not designated for permanent publication
Nebraska Court of Appeals, A-05-1566
SUMMARY: The court upheld the order terminating a mother’s parental rights after she failed to make significant progress with court requirements after services offered to the family were unsuccessful, and it was deemed that the risk factors present at the time of removal [...]
